HOW ANCESTRY'S NEW DNA ALGORITHM AFFECTS PEOPLES IDENTITIES

Psychology Today Published an article on this topic by 

Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D.

I've attached the summary which I felt was interesting from the family history point of view.

To sum up, the identity work involved in family genealogy involves the “thrill of the chase,” (p. 551) but also serves to round out your sense of self both in the broad historical context and in the more narrow framework of your slice of that context. Forming a personal narrative of your own life can be fulfilling in and of itself, but as Bottero’s research shows, the process of writing your family’s narrative can inform your larger sense of where you belong in the world.

For those of you interested in reading the entire article check the link below.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201905/how-ancestrys-new-dna-algorithm-affects-peoples-identities

STUCK? ASK THESE QUESTIONS

The genealogy tip of the day posted this list of questions you might ask when you're stuck trying to find somebody. The best one is etc.

posted: 04 May 2019 07:17 AM PDT

You are “stuck” on your ancestor in a certain time and a certain place? Do you have a good idea what:

• The most common occupations were at the time?
• How close were your ancestor’s neighbors?
• Where the nearest political lines were?
• Where was the nearest church?
• Where was the nearest cemetery?
• What was the most common denomination?
• Who the ruler of the area was?
• What sort of government was in place?
• Was there a war going on?
• What daily life was often like?
• etc.

FAMILYSEARCH TALKING PHOTOS

Just in case you hadn't noticed, There's a new microphone in FamilySearch. Check it out! Open a photo in FamilySearch memories. Then look at the bottom of the picture and you will see a green microphone. Now you can talk about your photographs and tell stories about them. Make sure you add your name to the story so your family will know who the voice is.

Here's what FamilySearch blog has to say about this feature.

"For years, FamilySearch has helped you preserve family memories by allowing you to upload photos and attach them to your family tree. Now you can take another step in preserving memories by adding audio recordings to the pictures you upload to FamilySearch.org."

Adding Audio to a Picture on FamilySearch.org

You can add audio to photos you upload on both the FamilySearch.org website  and the FamilySearch apps.

FamilySearch.org Website

On FamilySearch.org, first go to your family photos by clicking the Memories tab at the top of the FamilySearch screen. Or, in the Family Tree, you can click an ancestor’s name and go to the person’s details page. Then choose Memories to see photos for that particular family member.

Next, add a new photo or click on one you want to add audio to. (You will only be able to add audio to those photos you have uploaded to FamilySearch.org.) You will notice a microphone below the photo with the words Record a Memory. After you click the words, an audio recording screen will appear. Click the blue microphone to start talking, and record up to five minutes for that photo.

FamilySearch Apps

Adding audio on the apps works in a similar way. From the Family Tree app, tap on a person of interest, and then choose the Memories tab to add a new photo or see photos already added to the person’s profile. When you are ready to add audio, tap the photo. A small microphone will appear above or below the photo. Tapping the microphone will bring up a screen that says Record audio about this photo. Just as on the website, you can record up to five minutes of audio."

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CHECK THE NUMBERS

Checking the numbers in any document is sage advice from Genealogy Tip of the Day.

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Take A Number And Use It Posted: 03 May 2019 09:55 AM PDT When reviewing a document, have you used every number in the document as a clue? Specific dates and ages can be used to help determine a chronology or calculate approximately when an event happened. Acreages can be helpful in using land records, house numbers can be useful in determining addresses. Make certain you’ve analyzed every number for any clue it may contain.

WHAT'S TREE SWEEPER?

Record Finder is gone, but Tree Sweeper has arrived. Check out the BYU Family History Technology Lab at  https://beta.treesweeper.fhtl.byu.edu/. 

We have used it and find that although it takes a little while to figure out, it's a great tool to find errors in your tree.

Reviews can be found at GENSOFTREVIEWS.

DEAD OR ALIVE?

The following was posted by the Genealogy Tip of the Day.

Just Late Not Dead

Late does not necessarily mean that the individual was deceased. The word can mean “formerly” or “used to be.” In these cases, it can mean that a person used to live in a certain area (think: former resident) or used to have a certain title, job, or occupation. The man in the illustration, Adam Rodgers “Late Captain of Company B,” used to be the captain of that unit but was no longer. If something indicates your ancestor, Jim Burialman was a “late undertaker of Coshocton County, Ohio,” it would mean that he used to be an undertaker in Coshocton County, Ohio. He could still be an undertaker working somewhere else or he could be living in Coshocton County and no longer working as an undertaker.

Whether he would be, as the saying goes, “late for his own funeral” is a separate issue.

ENGLISH RECORDS FOR DEBTORS PRISON

Press Release: New Records Reveal Those Imprisoned for Debt in England and more...

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Press Release: New Records Reveal Those Imprisoned for Debt in England The following was written by: The GenealogistThe Genealogist is expanding its Criminal  Records collection with the release of over 146,000 individuals who were listed in  prison records. Sourced from the PRIS 10 & PRIS 11 collections held at The National  Archives, these documents contain records from 1697 to 1862 and reveal those jailed  for debt or bankruptcy. These records will give family historians details of those imprisoned in debtors prisons including the King’s Bench Prison, Queen’s Prison, Fleet Prison and Marshalsea Prison.  They contain commitment and discharge records, giving details of names of the debtor,  creditor and attorney, along with the amount of debt. Use these records to: Find ancestors who were imprisoned for debts and bankruptcy Discover to who debts were owed See when individuals were discharged Within these records, we find John Dickens, father of the famous author Charles Dickens,  who was in debt to baker James Karr by the sum of 40 pounds. John was brought in to  custody on 20th February 1824 and was later discharged on 26th May 1824 when his  mother died leaving him enough money to pay off his debts. John Dickens’ custody record Charles Dickens had to earn a wage from a young age and his childhood experiences  affected him greatly. He used his experiences as background for the story of Little  Dorrit.

THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENEALOGICAL DNA

If you are interested in learning about the history of genealogical DNA, check out the bulletin board -Tips and tricks or click the link below to see a post by James Tanner in his blog -  Genealogy's Star. The title is "The History of the Development of Genealogical DNA: Part One, An Introduction"

WHAT'S A DPLA FEST??

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) concluded it's DPLAfest2019 several weeks ago. While it's over, there's still time to check some of the presentations. go to "Slides and Presentation Materials" at "INFO@ dp.la".

They also announced a new e-book program. 

New collaborative effort to develop a national digital ebooks platform for libraries announced

By DPLA, April 17, 2019.

Published under:

• Announcements
• Ebooks

DPLA, New York Public Library, and LYRASIS to help give public libraries greater say in managing their e-reading services

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), The New York Public Library (NYPL), and LYRASIS are pleased to announce a new collaboration to help provide all public libraries with a free, open, library-controlled platform for managing their ebook and audiobook services.

Through this newly-established collaboration, DPLA, NYPL, and LYRASIS will each offer core services and tools that, in combination, will provide public libraries across the United States with a full-service pathway to acquire and deliver ebooks and audiobooks through a library-controlled marketplace and platform. 

The DPLA Exchange (https://exchange.dp.la), launched in 2017 and now providing access to over 300,000 titles including thousands of openly-licensed works, offers a new model for a library-centered marketplace for ebooks and audiobooks. 

NYPL provides the foundation of the new platform with its free-to-use ebook reader, SimplyE, which was developed to make ebooks easily accessible to the public through their libraries, and to allow libraries to organize and deliver their ebooks directly to patrons through a library-controlled app.  

LYRASIS, a leading non-profit delivering hosted solutions and technology support to libraries, offers preferred cloud-based hosting, ensuring that every library, large and small, can adopt and use SimplyE and the DPLA Exchange.

“DPLA’s collaboration with NYPL and LYRASIS exemplifies the shared approach that is core to our work and represents an important step in the expansion of the DPLA Exchange and other ebook initiatives over the coming years, with support from the Sloan Foundation,” said DPLA Executive Director John Bracken. 

“The New York Public Library is excited to work with these two great organizations to help public libraries across the country and to continue supporting our shared mission to make information as freely accessible as possible to all,” said NYPL President Anthony W. Marx.

“Public Libraries are crucial to our communities, our engagement with knowledge and learning, and in linking people-to-people. As a mission driven organization, LYRASIS is proud to partner with DPLA and NYPL in this effort to deliver a solution that is focused on library-centered control and maximizing impact on their communities.” said Robert Miller, CEO of LYRASIS.